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单词 oraculize
释义

oraculizev.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin ōrāculum , -ize suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin ōrāculum oracle n. + -ize suffix. Compare later oraclize v.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To make into an oracle; to render, or hold as, oracular; to state in an oracular way.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > utter as an oracle [verb (transitive)] > make an oracle of
oraculize1593
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 62v That of Terence is oraculiz'd, Patres æquum censere nos adolescentulos, [etc.].
1845 Amer. Whig Rev. Nov. 485 ‘Two heads are better than one,’ oraculizes the vulgar saw.

Derivatives

oraculizer n. Obsolete rare a person who claims to be an oracle.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle > self-appointed
oraculizer1634
oraculist1652
oracle-monger1673
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 169 But he that sits on high..in foure and twenty houres after proued this great Oraculizer a compleat lier.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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